Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)

If you open a bank account there, be sure to get money in your bank's cash dispensers. If you don't, you'll have to pay big taxes ! Contacting with administration can be very tiring but never give up, they finally hear you !

In Madrid: there are many rooms to let in shared appartments, but you have to be patient if you look for quality. You have to look for a room on your own, and there's no service at university to help you. You may also have problems with appartment owners who want you to rent for at least 1 year. The good thing is that you can live in the best areas of the city center (and enjoy the best madrileña way of life) and go quite easily to the campus, as the public transportation system is excellent. On the campus: I didn't see the rooms, but I wouldn't like to live on that campus. The rooms are very expensive (more than in downtown Madrid), you have to share them with another student (unless your dad is a millionaire), it's quite far from any urban life (you can forget about any night life), no shops in the area (you have to take the train...), and living on a campus while being abroad is simply the best way to get depressed.

You don't have to miss to go to a concert with different artists if you like listening music. The ambiance is so good and you can find out that you like a national artist. And if you buy his album, listening to it after the erasmus period is going to be a so great souvenir. I recommend too to attend to a football game because of the amazing ambiance. But I don't have a special cafe to recommend because there are so many and you have to try it all.